What a journey this last year has been…. 3 or 4 months ago I truly didn’t think there would ever come a time when I’d be sitting upright and able to tell my story, let alone help others who are suffering similar horrendous circumstances with their health. I thought I was a goner. Looking back, I can hardly believe that I made it through everything that happened in these last 12 months. So much transpired.…
It’s 5 a.m. as I lay wide awake in darkness. There is a permeating sense of loneliness as my daughter is not in bed next to me. Her grandmother offered to care for her so that I could catch up on some much needed rest. This week my therapist has been helping guide me into the subconscious layers of my psyche. It hasn’t been an easy process. We are in the process of digging up…
Our culture does such a disservice to single mothers and perhaps parents in general, yet I can only speak from my perspective, observations, and personal experience. I get the sense that parents, when seen a ‘couple’ and unified family unit, receive an abundance of support on many levels, both from each other and their communities. The pressure single mothers feel that is inflicted by a society that has its priorities entirely bass-ackward is harmful not…